A CHASE ON THE EAST SIDE OF ALBUQUERQUE THURSDAY AFTERNOON. A VEHICLE STOLEN FROM A MAN WHO WAS ALSO BEATEN WEDNESDAY MORNING WAS SPOTTED BY FOOTHILLS OFFICERS NEAR WESTERN SKIES AND CENTRAL THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
APD SERGEANT FERRIS SIMMONS TELLS 770 KKOB THE SUSPECT DID EVERYTHING HE COULD TO EVADE CAPTURE. HE RAMMED TWO POLICE CARS … CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE CARS AND INJURING ONE OF THE OFFICERS. THE MAN THEN LED OFFICERS ON A CHASE THROUGH THE EAST SIDE OF ALBUQUERQUE. THE VEHICLE CONTINUED INTO FOUR HILLS WHERE THE SUSPECT DROVE IT OFF A CLIFF. HE THEN RAN INTO AN ARROYO IN THE FOOTHILLS BUT WAS CAPTURED.
THE SUSPECT REFUSED MEDICAL TREATMENT. THE OFFICER HOSPITALIZED HAD HEAD AND ARM INJURIES AND WAS RELEASED THURSDAY NIGHT.
